Entry Word: sickness

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the condition of not being in good health <Jamie pleaded sickness and tried to stay home from school every single time there was a spelling test scheduled>

Synonyms illness, indisposition, unhealthiness, unsoundness

Related Words malaise; ailment, condition, disease, disorder, malady, trouble, upset; debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, lameness

Near Antonyms fettle, fitness, shape; hardiness, heartiness, lustiness, robustness, ruggedness, stamina, strength, toughness, vigor, vigorousness, vitality; bloom, flush, flushness; weal, welfare, well-being

Antonyms health, healthiness, soundness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness

2 an abnormal state that disrupts a plant or animal's normal bodily functioning <a sickness that resulted in the death of millions of the nationʼs elm trees> — see disease 1
3 a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting <the sickness that women typically feel upon rising during the early months of a pregnancy> — see nausea 1